Kaflippin'ching-- April is a rough one this year...we are all feeling it, right?

April is an expensive month, most years. This one, more so. Taxes--ouch. Windshield getting replaced next Tuesday-- 528.00 of ouch. New all-season tires coming Friday-- 484.00-- ouch again. And the sewer bill is the low-ball at 418.00. 

Barftastic.

When I hear the feds yap about how "gas prices are not that bad" they ought to pump some. Our gas bill (we use a credit card each month, then pay it off), capped out at $493.00 this month. 

There's something incredibly broken if the feds think that prices are going down. That we are all willing to feel a "pinch" for the "greater good" of blowing up other countries. And which is it? Are they going down or a mandatory sacrifice? Upside down world. 

Prices on everything are higher; costs of shipping things alone are driving that bus. I'm glad I have bought ahead on some things --would you believe, extra summer sandals and a second set of sneakers? I got those a while ago, knowing that the prices of imported goods would be awful. I was right. We will be making a pilgrimage to BJs over the vacation week to stock up on a few things --toilet paper, canned goods, and so on. I feel like a squirrel. 

That said, I hope you are all okay. We are not really all that okay, but we can be more okay together, right? 

Hug your favorites, and spread the love. Keep the faith, friends. O, and happy Earth Day. Love ya momma... =)

C



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